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Sephardic World: the Jews of eighteenth-century Jamaica

Sephardic World

Meeting - Sunday 16th August 2020
 

Many of the records of the Jamaican-Jewish community were lost in a fire in 1882. Using the last wills and testaments composed by Jamaican Jews between 1673 and 1815, Stanley Mirvis has recovered much of this history. Jews were seen as white by enslaved people but as 'other' by the Christian elite. In his talk he will explore the social and familial experiences of Jamaican Jewry.

Jamaica’s Jews put down roots as traders, planters, pen keepers, physicians, fishermen, and metalworkers. He reveals how their presence shaped the colony as much as they were shaped by it. Many Jamaicans have Jewish ancestry.

Topic: The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica
Time: Sunday Aug 16th, 2020 07:00 PM London (This is 7pm British summer time; GMT +1, which is 2pm in New York)

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